{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/retention-and-sale-of-registration-marks-regulations-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-14",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/193",
  "legislation_title": "The Retention and Sale of Registration Marks Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/retention-and-sale-of-registration-marks-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After paragraph 15 there is added—\n“Transitional provisions\n16. (1) Subject to paragraph 5, where a relevant right is acquired before 9th March 2015, the relevant period ends on the date stated by the Secretary of State in the certificate of entitlement issued to the purchaser as being the date on which the purchase period ends.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (3) applies where a sum has been paid to the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph 6(2) and the period during which the relevant right was exercisable has expired without having been exercised.\n(3) Where this sub-paragraph applies, the condition specified in paragraph 14(2)(a) is treated as having been fulfilled and the period specified in paragraph 14(2)(d) is treated as having started with the date on which the right ceased to be exercisable.\n(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), where a relevant right is acquired before 9th March 2015, the purchaser or an agent of the purchaser may not use a website to make an application under these Regulations in relation to the relevant right.\n(5) Sub-paragraph (4) shall not apply where the certificate of entitlement issued to the purchaser states a unique identification reference in respect of the right or—\n(a) the purchaser or the agent of the purchaser applies to the Secretary of State for the allocation of a unique identification reference in respect of the right;\n(b) this application is accompanied by the certificate of entitlement issued to the purchaser; and\n(c) the Secretary of State allocates such a reference and notifies the applicant of it.\n(6) Where—\n(a) a relevant right is acquired before 9th March 2015; and\n(b) the Secretary of State has not allocated a unique identification reference in respect of the right of retention,\nthe conditions specified in sub-paragraph (7) apply in place of the condition provided for in paragraphs 3(3) and 14(2)(c).\n(7) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (6) the conditions are that the application was made in writing and the applicant has submitted the certificate of entitlement relating to the relevant right.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/193/schedule/2/paragraph/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:48:15.319576+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}